The question still is what was actually said or done?

I sat back and watched this thread, and it has gone all kind directions. The reality is the only people that know the truth of this conversation is B-Lat and Martin. There are so many things wrong with this thread, it is hard to tell where to begin. It is easy to say a person is not a racist or that was not a racist statement when you were not on the receiving end of the action or you were not there; for this situation no one knows what happened, we are just guessing because it ended a friendship. Whatever happened, I would say it was serious. I can tell you that if it was based on a raciest statement or act, it is not fun and someone saying that is not what I meant does not make it many better. And please do not say they should have thicker skin or not be so sensitive...that is a crock. Honestly, I use to think the fishing world was the one place you could avoid most of this stuff. Every once in a while, you would meet a true jerk that was a racist, and they wanted you to know they were a racist…but you tried to ignore them. However, 2020, let the breast out of the cage. I have personally witnessed how it brought out the truly nasty side of some people, some you thought you knew very well. Many so-called friendships have been destroyed because of contentious words and comments, but then again maybe they were never really friends in the first place. I agree with the person who said let this thread die because it lacks actual facts but let us not ignore the truth that there are some serious issues out there. Ignore such issues will not make them go away...maybe we should try a little open conversation and understanding. Maybe we should all try to enjoy the sport of fishing and be thankful that we have the ability to fish...

Please mods lock this thread. Enough is enough

I see we have members here like at BBC, their only post are to lock a thread.
I have seen nothing wrong in this entire thread. Speculations and opinions that all. It’s also called a discussion......

4Weight I dont know how old you are or how many years you have left but if you’re sick of it now just wait, it’s only gonna get worse. If it would have been one of the other guy’s in Scotts little group we wouldn’t even be talking about it. Since it was him it had to be racism.

Nah man I’m just sick of race being brought into everything, sadly now a fishing forum. That’s all this is. Conjecture where no one has the facts. I’ll bow out Dogfish so you can enjoy yourself.

Several options for you to avoid things you’re upset about besides calling for a thread to be locked because you have an issue with it. Just an FYI.

What if it was something racist? I'm not saying it was but that just crossed my mind.